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It happened today – this day in history – June 22
168BC: Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus defeat and capture Macedonian King Perseus, ending the Third Macedonian War. 1377: Richard II succeeds Edward III as king of England. 1535: Cardinal John Fisher is beheaded on Tower Hill, London, for refusing to …